Rural
Gearing up for farming life
What's it like for a young couple beginning their farming journey in difficult times?
Farming advocate was 'one of life's good buggers'
Chris Allen died, aged 62, in a tragic accident on his Ashburton Forks farm on Monday.
Information Center Cold Call: iSite Masterton
A rouge information center cold call! Jesse rolls the dice and calls a random iSite in this fair land. They don't know he's calling and he doesn't know who will be on the other end of the line. Audio
Food, timber exports up on last year
Export revenue is set to reach $56.9 billion dollars in the year to the end of June 2025, driven by strong dairy prices and rebounding prices for red-meat and logs.
Locals fight proposed solar farm in Central Otago
A Maniototo resident fighting a proposed solar farm near her property was heartened by the turnout at a community meeting on Monday. Rose Voice spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
The sector still adding jobs and paying an average $70k
If you want a job right now, your best shot may come from farming.
'Defend the shed' - how the poultry industry has been preparing for a bird flu outbreak
How are chicken and egg farms protecting themselves from avian flu? Country Life visited a broiler chicken farm to find out what good biosecurity practice involves.
How pills for cows and 'light recipes' may help slow global warming
A range of tools are not too far off to knock back greenhouse gases from livestock burps.
'Defend the shed' - how the poultry industry has been preparing
Avian flu has been found on an Otago chicken farm for the first time in New Zealand's history. It's something the poultry industry has spent months preparing for and we take you inside a North Island… Audio
Milking goats and making cheese, all in a days work
Thanks to goat's milk, Andrea Gauland son's eczema cleared up within two weeks. This was the excuse she needed to start farming dairy goats 25 years ago and she's still loving the whey of life. Audio
What could be in the farm toolkit for curbing methane emissions
A cow pill, vaccines, and specially treated grass-seed are among products it's hoped will be in farmers' methane-busting toolkits in the not-too-distant future. Audio
Country Life for 6 December 2024
This week, there's cheese and eggs on the menu with visits to poultry and goat farms. The team also takes a closer look at what's in the pipeline for farmers to help lower emissions. Audio
Milking does and making cheese, all in a day's work
"We do the whole process here on the farm because it preserves the quality of the milk. It's only traveling from the barn to my cheese kitchen."
Farmer ordered to pay $180k wonders how he'll survive
Tony Pascoe didn't want his land taken for a bypass after working hard his whole life, only be left with no home.
Māori, rural children at greater risk of severe paediatric appendicitis
Rural kids suffer severe appendicitis four times the rate of those in urban areas, and Māori children double the rate than non-Māori. Audio
Bird flu: No known connection between first and second farm
Officials have not yet found any links between a second chicken farm that has been isolated, and a poultry farm where bird flu has been identified. Audio
Government announces sweeping changes to limit forestry conversions
Farming groups and rural communities have been raising concerns over forestry conversions for years.
Midday Rural News for 4 December 2024
Second farm is being investigated in the bird flu outbreak. Audio
Culling of chickens infected with bird flu to begin Wednesday
The culling of chickens with bird flu at a free-range Otago farm, will begin on Wednesday. The Poultry Industry Association and the Egg Producers Federation executive director Michael Brooks spoke to… Audio
